it's definitely not what israel wants, but israel's defense minister ehud barak said this morning that israel would do anything, and he repeated, anything at all, to stop the rockets to make israel's southern cities safe. martin fletcher, nbc news, tel aviv. >> martin, thanks so much. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning. one more quiet day, then a storm comes into the west coast. it's been a nice little break for me and everyone else across the country, no big storms. this next one's not that huge of a deal, but some rain in areas that haven't seen a lot so far this rainy season. and that will be san francisco northward. show you that in a second, but first, start you off this morning, as far as temperatures go, typical this time of year, maybe cooler than average. 48 vegas, 45 in medford. in the northwest, we're a little chilly, cities in the low 40s and the other areas, especially near spokane, are in the 30s early today. where's this next storm? you can see it spinning here, and here's where we are